Old Qu stood up abruptly: "Look outside! How many people have died? All because of you..."

"And you!" Old Qu pointed at me and cursed, "If you hadn't said it was easier to talk to women, why would I have sent my woman to find the water ghost?"

"My wife, she only said two words, and she was dragged into the water. I couldn't pull her back!"

Old Qu took out a shoe from his pocket: "A perfectly healthy person, and now only a shoe remains. If you hadn't given the idea, would my wife have died?"

"And you!" Old Qu turned to look at Zhao Zhuang: "The first thing you asked about was your son. Is your son's life a life, but other people's lives aren't?"

"I really want to see if the next corpse floating back is your son, I..."

Zhao Zhuang didn't dare to raise his head after being scolded by Old Qu. I turned to look at the villagers with their eyes red. They were all standing up now, surrounding us as if they wanted to devour us.

Old Liu Tou stepped forward and said, "Say a few words less! What time is it now? Hurry up and follow Mr. Li..."

"Bullshit!" Someone pointed at Old Liu Tou's nose and cursed, "What kind of good person are you pretending to be? If you hadn't set off the cannon and blown up the ancient tree, would the water ghost have been able to enter the village?"

"I..." Old Liu Tou didn't know what to say. My eyes narrowed slightly.

The water ghost was more cunning than I thought. She knew how to exploit people's hearts.

When some people encounter misfortune, they instinctively push the responsibility onto others, as if doing so can alleviate their pain and reduce the torment of their own hearts.

Once this thought emerges, they will insist that they are the victims, completely forgetting the role they played in the occurrence of the misfortune.

The water ghost exploited this point, inciting the villagers' frenzy.

These villagers had long been defeated spiritually, completely giving up resistance. She didn't slaughter Fish Basket Village not because she was kind-hearted, but because she wanted to watch the villagers kill each other. To be precise, she wanted to watch the villagers kill me.

I was her ultimate target!

I don't know who shouted in the crowd, "Beat him to death!"

Old Qu, standing at the front, suddenly pulled out a knife from his waist, grabbed Old Liu Tou's collar with one hand, and stabbed the knife into his stomach with the other.

Before the steel knife touched the corner of Old Liu Tou's clothes, I raised my hand and slapped Old Qu's wrist. The other party's sharp knife fell to the ground in response. I reached out and grabbed the sharp knife in my hand, and stabbed it into Old Qu's thigh with a backhand.

The other party covered his leg and fell to the ground, screaming miserably. Someone shouted, "Murder! They're not giving us a way out! Fight them!"

As the frenzied villagers swarmed towards me, I reached out and blocked Old Liu Tou with my left hand, pressed my lips with two fingers of my right hand, and gave a sharp whistle.

The villagers, who were only two feet away from rushing to my side, suddenly fell to the ground, rolling around while clutching their stomachs.

Old Liu Tou's eyes almost popped out: "Mr. Li, what's wrong with them?"

I said coldly, "You thought I was just joking when I made them swear to follow me as their master? A dog that dares to bite its master is doomed to die."

As I spoke, the people on the ground couldn't even shout anymore. They were all trembling and convulsing on the ground, tears and sweat streaming down their faces.

I smiled and said, "Don't worry, the pain that makes you unable to speak is just the beginning. In a while, you will be in even more pain."

Old Liu Tou said in a panic, "Mr. Li, they were just confused for a moment. Please don't kill them!"

I said in a cold voice, "Why can't I kill them? They have already started to turn against their master for that water ghost. What am I keeping them for?"

Old Liu Tou was about to say something, but I stopped him with a look. I put my hands behind my back and said, "Listen to me, I don't reason with people, and I don't bother to reason with you."

"The deaths in Fish Basket Village are the fault of your ancestors. It's only right that you pay with your lives."

"It's human nature that you want to resist because you can't make up for the trouble your ancestors caused. But if you don't have the ability, it's your fault for dying in the hands of the water ghost."

"You think I'm just meddling in your affairs because I have nothing better to do? Bullshit! I'm here because I have things to do. I just happened to get involved when the water ghost was slaughtering the village. You're yelling at me, and I'm telling you, none of you are qualified to do so."

"It would be easier for me to take action after you're all dead."

"You want to kill me? You're dreaming."

"All of you, just wait to die obediently! Zhao Zhuang, prepare coffin nails and nail them all in the head one by one. I'll extract their souls and refine them into ghosts later."

Zhao Zhuang's face immediately turned pale when he heard this. Old Liu Tou knelt on the ground with a thud, begging bitterly, "Mr. Li, you can't do this! Please don't do this. If you want to kill, kill me. Let them go! I'll kowtow to you, I'll kowtow to you."

"Get up!" Before Old Liu Tou could kowtow, I pulled him up. This Old Liu Tou is too simple-minded.

If I wanted to kill someone, why would I call Zhao Zhuang? I would have done it myself. I'm doing this so they can cooperate with me and suppress those villagers. Why can't the two of them see that?

Are they that uncooperative?